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AP'PII IOATIOH FILED APR. 16, 1907.

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TURN -SI-IOE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed April 16,1907. Serial No- 368,566-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL C. SMALL, of Auburn, county ofAndroscoggin, and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Turn- Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to that class of shoes known in theart'as turn-shoes. 7

Shoes of this class are popular with many. people on account of thegreat flexibility which the soles possess, but they are very liable torip. Aresult which turnshoe makers have striven to attain has been toproduce a shoe that will not rip. By my invention I am able to produce aturn-shoe that will not rip and I do this without impairing theflexibility of sole. Moreover, my construction leaves the greatestpossible amount of wearing material in the sole and it is a constructionthat when worn down can be easily repaired. I do this by reinforcing theturn stitch with an adjacent substantially parallel row of stitcheswhich pass through the sole and the upper. This construction I haveillustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is anelevation of a shoe, given for the purpose of marking the places wherecross sections shown in some of the other views are taken. Figs. 2 and 3are cross sections of soles. Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line XX ofFig. 1 as the shoe is first lasted. Fig. 5 is a cross section on thesame line of my completed shoe. Fig. 6 is a view looking down on theinner side of the shoe, the section being taken on the line YY of Fig.1.

In making a shoe according to my method the sole 1 is fitted on itsupper or flesh side with a channel 2, either with or without a shoulderas shown in Figs. 3 and 2 respectively. The bottom or grain side isfitted with a channel 4. There may be a channel flap 5 as shown in Fig.3 or simply a channel as shown in Fig. 2.

The sole is fastened to the last 6 with its grain side next to the last,by tacks 7. The upper 8 is stretched over the last and sole wrong sideout and held in place by a tack 9 at the toe; or a number of tacks maybe used; or it may be held in any other convenient manner. The upper isthen sewed to the sole by stitches T in the ordinary way. The shoe isthen turned, re-

lasted and beaten out. This constitutes the turn process with theaddition that I have fitted the sole with the outside channel 4.

The last is withdrawn and a row of stitches R is put through the soleand the upper from the channel 4 in the bottom or grain side of the soleas shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This row of stitches is close to andsubstantially parallel with the turn stitching T and serves to reinforceand protect the turn stitch.

While I prefer the construction I have shown, with the second row ofstitches outside the first, it is evident that the second row may be puteither wholly inside the first or across and through the first and thesame advantages attained or approximated.

It will be noticed that the ordinary turn stitch, whether the upper issewed to' surface or to shoulder, lies. in nearly a horizontal positionand that the action of the upper from the pressure of the foot producesa side strain or shearing action on the thread. By putting in thestitches B through the sole and upper there is no sawing action on them,as is the case where an inner sole is used or where the sole is split toreceive the upper and the full tensile strength of the stitches R comesinto play to help hold the upper and sole together, reinforcing andprotecting the turn stitches T, thereby making an exceedingly strongstructureone that will not ripone that leaves the full-thickness of solefor wear and which when worn can be easily repaired.

What I claim is In a turn-shoe having the upper fastened to the sole onthe flesh side in the usual manner, a row of stitches R outside of theturn stitching, adjacent to and substantially parallel therewith; saidstitches passing through the said upper and the said sole, whereby theturn stitching is reinforced and protected, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHANIEL C. SMALL.

Witnesses:

.T E. ASHE, W. A. Noyes.

